"It is a enduring truth that the river of time washes away kings and empires, leaving only virtue intact — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"To be, or not to be, that is the question."

"Where compassion abides, fear and resentment lose their dominion. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a steadfast truth that a life well-lived leaves an aroma of kindness long after the sun has set."

"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?"

"The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses."

"He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors."

"It is a unyielding truth that the river of time washes away kings and empires, leaving only virtue intact — an essential principle for the reflective life."